A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed

HOW ODD THAT MASSACRES MOSTLY HAPPEN IN "GUN-FREE ZONES"! When will the brain-dead Left wake up and draw the obvious conclusion? Gun bans kill kids

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Gun Sales Record: October 2016 NICS Breaks 2015 Record by 350,000

October, 2016 continued the record breaking pace to become the
year with
the most gun sales ever. The 2016 NICS checks are far ahead of those for 2015, the previous record holder. In October 2016 there were 2,333,539 National Instant Checks done. In 2015, the number done in October were 1,976,759.

In
2015, the total NICS checks for the year were 23,141,970 . In 2016, through October, they were 22,206,233. That is less than 1 million below the total for 2015, with the two biggest months in 2016 yet to happen. Last year there were 17,584,346 by the end of October.

The numbers are 26.3% ahead of where 2015 was at
this time. If this pace continues, 2016 will end up with 29.2
million background checks for the year.

There are 15 years where we can compare the NICS background checks to the actual
addition to the private firearms stock, as reported to the ATF. During
that period there have been about .6 firearms added for each NICS check.

The
NICS checks are done for more than new firearms. They are done for
used firearms as well. They are done when trade ins are sold at gun
shops or when used guns are sold at gun shows. NICS checks are done for
gun carry permits, which are also breaking records every month. In
most states, once a person has a carry permit, further NICS checks are
not required to purchase a firearm.

We
will not know exactly how many guns have been added to the private
stock in 2016 until late January, 2018. The numbers will not be
reported to the ATF until the end of 2016. The ATF is required by law to
hold them from public view for a year, to prevent proprietary
information from being released.

It is easy to see how
one manufacturer would like to know exactly how many guns of certain
models and calibers their competitors are selling.

Given
the NICS numbers,
there will probably be 17 to 18 million guns added to the private stock in 2016.
That would increase the total number to 405 - 406 million private
firearms in the United States.

The private firearm stock in the United
States will have increased by nearly 100 million firearms, or 30%,
during the two terms of the Barack Obama presidency.

To reach that
number there will need to be 7 million more NICs checks done in 2016
from, 1 November to 31 December. In 2015, 5.56 million NICS checks were
done in that period.

If Hillary Clinton is elected in a week, I predict that we will exceed that number. If Donald Trump is elected, NICS checks will drop. How much is uncertain.

The record rate of NICS checks picked back up in October, after slowing a little in August and September.

Many
indicators show a
soaring and diverse level of gun ownership. Carry permits are burgeoning, approaching 15 million and more. Gun ownership among women
and minorities is at an all time high.

Who would have thought that President Barack Obama would be the record setting, all time champion, gun salesman? The total NICS checks will reach over 250 million by years end. That will be over 150 million firearms added to the private stock in the last 18 years. Over 37% of the private firearms stock will be less than 18 years old.

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Background

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Syndicated columnist Charley Reese (1937-2013): "Gun control by definition affects only honest people. When a politician tells you he wants to forbid you from owning a firearm or force you to get a license, he is telling you he doesn’t trust you. That’s an insult. ... Gun control is not about guns or crime. It is about an elite that fears and despises the common people."

The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles -- Jeff Cooper (1920-2006)

Note for non-American readers: Crime reports from America which describe an offender just as a "teen" or "teenager" almost invariably mean a BLACK teenager.

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Two lines below of a famous hymn that would be incomprehensible to Leftists today ("honor"? "right"? "freedom?" Freedom to agree with them is the only freedom they believe in)

First to fight for right and freedom,
And to keep our honor clean

It is of course the hymn of the USMC -- still today the relentless warriors that they always were.

The intellectual Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) said: "The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

How much do you know about Trayvon Martin? Did you recognize him in the picture above? If not you may need to know more about him. It's all here (Backups here and here)

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” -- Robert A. Heinlein

After all the serious stuff here, maybe we need a funny picture of a cantankerous cat